On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:41 -0400, "Bill Arnold" <[email protected]> wrote: > Alan, > > 2. "Flat-file" is a pejorative that makes a big deal of the difference > between data stored with fixed, rather then variable, length > fields/records.
What I was getting at was the difference between a VFP database, which is a bunch of files in a folder, and something like SQL Server / Postgres / MySQL ... My use of the term 'flat file' was incorrect there I think. > > 3. "Insecure table format". Ah, the dreaded "security" sword. The > paranoids > among us can use freely available encryption. We find that a lot of potential customers are alarmed at the fact that users could access raw VFP data through a network share. Sure, you can add encryption but surely something inherently secure would be better. > > 4. "Increasingly flaky locking approach". True, more then 1 > person/process > can't update the same record at the same time, but that's true for any > system. From my perspective as a provider of software to small business > with > one or a few workstations, I'm just not seeing flaky locking problems, > but > if does happen, I'll figure out a way to deal with it. What I meant here is that we will find over time that changes in Windows will require increasing amounts of tweaking to make things like VFP play sociably. You can already see this with Windows Server 2008 and the new SMB2 protocol, which you have to turn off (bad) if you want to change OpLock settings on the server. > VFP as it is is VERY suitable for MANY applications today and will > continue > to be so as far into the future as we can see today. Absolutely, we have thousands of customers using it and will have for quite a while to come. But if I were starting a new major project I'd be looking at more future-proof alternatives in most cases. > > > Someone may ask "well, who cares about small business anyway?" I do! Me too! They pay my wages! -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
